XnView Software

Posted: **Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:21 am**

Is there any way to change the colour of the title bar so that it fits with dark mode?

Windows 10 has the ability to use dark mode to change this feature globally and in the file explorer but it does not seem to apply to other programs.

Second image down shows what I mean, only difference is that I'm using View mode in windowed.
viewtopic.php?f=82&t=42012&p=170440#p170440

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:00 am**

XnView Classic?

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:00 pm**

Ten Forums: How to Turn On or Off Show Accent Color on Title Bars and Borders in Windows 10
Winaero: Enable Dark Title Bars with Custom Accent Color in Windows 10
OnMSFT: How to get dark theme title bars in Windows 10, without changing your accent colour

Posted: **Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:03 am**

The titlebar still turns white when the XNView MP window isn't in focus.

Screenshots taken with Win10, dark mode on, accent color grey, titlebar checkbox on.

XNView MP in focus YES:
https://imgur.com/a/nocEMqB
Result: Windows Explorer is dark, XNView MP is dark

XNView MP in focus NO:
https://imgur.com/a/UB4mj9G
Result: Windows Explorer is dark, XNView MP is light

How should it be?
The unfocused XNView MP title bar should be dark grey (which isn't - just to clarify - my choosen accent color in the screenshots), independent of the accent color and the proposed checkbox in windows color settings.

PS: leaving the checkbox off, makes (native) focused windows have plain black titlebars (instead of accent color).
That may be a personal taste thingy, but it's even more dark, soooo I think it's even better

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:22 pm**

Creating a dark title bar for win32 applications like XnView in Windows 10/11 during dark theme is quit simple to do (dark when the window is not active). Just use the function DwmSetWindowAttribute. In Delphi/Lazarus/Pascal it is like:

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DWMWA_USE_IMMERSIVE_DARK_MODE_BEFORE_20H1 = 19;
DWMWA_USE_IMMERSIVE_DARK_MODE = 20;

TDwmSetWindowAttribute = function(hwnd: HWND; dwAttribute: DWORD; pvAttribute: Pointer; cbAttribute: DWORD): HRESULT; stdcall; // dwmapi.dll
 
if IsWindows10OrGreater(17763) then
  begin
    attr := DWMWA_USE_IMMERSIVE_DARK_MODE_BEFORE_20H1;
    if IsWindows10OrGreater(18985) then attr := DWMWA_USE_IMMERSIVE_DARK_MODE;
    DwmSetWindowAttribute(AForm.Handle, attr, @AValue, SizeOf(AValue));
  end;

See code/examples:
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/in ... ic=59351.0
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/571 ... windows-10
https://github.com/godotengine/godot-pr ... ssues/1868

Regards, Erik

Posted: **Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:54 pm**

Has anyone resolved the dark title bar "issue"?

XnView Software

Dark Title Bar

Dark Title Bar

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Re: Dark Title Bar

No unfocused dark title bar

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